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Hello and welcome to another installment of the Enter VR podcast. The show you are about listen to was recorded at Oculus Connect 2. In this episode, I had the honor and pleasure to be joined by Tim Sweeney the founder of Epic Games. \n\nNOTE: This episode was recorded outside next to Hollywood boulevard so my apologies for all the background noise.\n\nEnjoy the show!\n\n\n50: Is it morally imperative for humans to create the metaverse?\n\n2:30 At this point in the interview im cringing and screaming inside. Why the fuck is it so loud! My apologies for the background noise.\n\n3:15 What is the most pressing business question in the evolution of the metaverse?\n\n4:30 What are the social questions surrounding the creation of the metaverse?\n\n6:15 Where is epic games and Unreal 10 years from now? What will be Epic's relation to the narrative of the metaverse?\n\n7:45 Creating VR content inside VR using Unreal Engine?\n\n10:10 What applications is Tim most interested to try out in VR?\n\n11:30 Which platform should you be developing for right now?\n\n14:30 What are Tim's thoughts on the virtual economy? What will humans do when the robots do all the jobs?\n\n19:30 What is the state of AI in Unreal engine/games? Can deep learning be applied in Unreal Engine?\n\n22:00 Will we see virtual reality life forms by 2025?\n\n23:30 What is Epic doing to stay ahead of the competition? \n\n27:00 What will be the most profound changes virtual reality will have on our behavior ? On macroscopic and individual scales.\n\n30:00 How long before we cross the uncanny valley?\n\n30:30 What made Tim want to make his first game?\n\nThanks to Tim for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! \n\nKeep up with Tim, Epic and Unreal Engine with the links below:\n\nhttps://www.unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4\n\nhttp://epicgames.com/\n\nhttps://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic\n\n\nIntro to this podcast was brought to you by the amazing Cymatic Bruce